Toys for the Holidays 2011 a huge success!
Employees form Novotel (left) and Amherst (right) volunteered to wrap and sort donated toys and gifts.
Volunteers of America - Greater New York is pleased to report that our 2011 holiday gift drives were more successful than ever before. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity and hard work of individuals and corporate groups throughout the region, we were able to provide toys for thousands of children in our homeless and domestic violence shelters, early learning centers for children with developmental delays and group homes for youth in crisis. We were also very pleased to provide holiday gifts for hundreds of older adults in our care.
Click here to see our Holiday Gift Drives Photo Gallery.
Toys for the Holidays, Secret Santa, and Gifts of the Heart are programs that bring smiles to faces of children and adults who are experiencing difficulties most of us can only imagine. We express our heartfelt gratitude, and that of our clients, to the following companies and individuals. Some held toy drives, some shopped to fill Santa letters, some donated money, some helped us sort and wrap the gifts; but all gave of themselves to share the warmth of the season with strangers who are their neighbors in need:
Accor Hospitality
Africa Israel, USA
Alexander Interactive
American Express
Amherst
Andaz Hotel
Bernstein Real Estate
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Coach
College Board
Conductor
Cushman and Wakefield
Dickstein Shapiro - Doing Small Miracles for Others
Duane Reade
Empire State Development Corporation
Epstein Becker Green
Everyday Heatlh
FedEx
Financial Technologies Forum LLC
Grand Hyatt
HarperCollins
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Hawkins International Public Relations
Heidrick & Struggles
Intercity Agency
JCC of Manhattan
Ladas & Parry LLP
Lexis Nexis
Manhattan Mortgage
Marriott New York Downtown
Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Marubeni-Itochu Steel
Merkley and Partners
MTV Networks
NewsAmerica Marketing
Novotel
OLA Consulting Engineers
Peninsula Hotel
Premiere Entertainment/HarlemLegendz LLC
Proclivity Systems
Professional Television Network
Ritz Carlton Hotels
Rockefeller Group
Select Equity Group
TCW
Time Warner Cable
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
WME
Zenith Optimedia
Zucker Organization
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